Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Stenocephalemys albipes
Stenocephalemys albipes: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Stenocephalemys albipes: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (nt) as Myomys albipes
Comment:
Comments: Usually listed as either a species of Myomys (G. M. Allen, 1939), Myomyscus (D. H. S. Davis, 1965), or Praomys (Yalden et al., 1976, 1996). Morphometric traits related albipes closely to species of Stenocephalemys and what was described as Praomys ruppi (Van der Straeten and Dieterlen, 1983). Furthermore, qualitative external, cranial (see Rupp, 1980: Fig. 5), and molar (see illustrations in Misonne, 1969) features of albipes are more similar to species of Stenocephalemys than to other spec...